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Election Commission
All Ten Parliamentary Constituencies in Haryana to go to poll in 6th Phase of General Elections on Sunday, 12th May,
In the State of Haryana, 10 Parliamentary Constituencies  namely Ambala, Hisar,Karnal, Sonipat, Faridabad,Sirsa, Gurgaon, Kurukshetra, Rohtak and Bhiwani-Mahendragarh will go to poll in a single phase i.e. the 6th Phase of General Election, 2019.The polling will take place on Sunday, 12th May, 2019 from 7 AM till 6 PM. Out of the 10 PCs, 8 are for General Category while 2 PCs - Sirsa and Ambala are reserved for Scheduled castes. A total of 223 Candidates are contesting for the 10 PCs out of which 11 are women. The lowest number of contesting candidates are from Karnal  while the maximum number of candidates are contesting from Sonipat . A total of 19,441 polling stations have been set up in the State out of which 5510 polling stations are in urban areas while 13,931 are in rural areas.
The State of Haryana has a total of 1,80,56,896 voters out of which 97,16,516 are male, 83,40,173 are female and 207 are from the third gender. The following table and Graph shows the Gender wise breakup of voters in all the PCs . The State has 100% EPIC coverage and images on the Electoral Roll.
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Name of PC =>
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Ambala
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Kurukshetra
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Sirsa
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Hisar
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Karnal
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Sonipat
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Rohtak
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Bhiwani
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Gurgaon
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Faridabad
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Total
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Male
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990603
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882798
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959026
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882418
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1019227
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866353
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937701
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889989
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1145459
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1142942
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9716516
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Female
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862944
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774525
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844316
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749383
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884941
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726230
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799422
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764366
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1005174
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928872
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8340173
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Third Gender
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30
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12
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11
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8
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25
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27
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10
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12
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35
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37
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207
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Total Voters
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1853577
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1657335
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1803353
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1631809
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1904193
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1592610
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1737133
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1654367
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2150668
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2071851
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18056896
Special Service and Features
The best tribute to Dr Ambedkar is to uphold and respect the Constitution Telangana Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan
Telangana Governor and Puducherry Lt Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan today said the best tribute to Dr B R Ambedkar is to uphold and respect the Constitution. She also recalled Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's remarks that Constitution is our holy book.
She was speaking at Ambedkar's 131st birth anniversary event organised by the Centre for Research in Structural Engineering functioning under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research  at Taramani in Chennai.
Quoting Ambedkar, she said without knowing one's history one can't create history. Dr Tamilisai also said Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had stated Ambedkar was the reason behind him becoming the PM.
She noted that the Constitution empowers everyone. The Governor said there is a laboratory to fix even the fatigue of machines. She said the institution has more than 12,000 researchers and praised its contribution to finding low-cost drugs for HIV, which are being exported to many countries around the world.
"Dr Ambedkar said the country would not progress without the rise of women. He also said that women are lions and not goats," she said and added that Ambedkar, who suffered untouchability at an early age, later touched the hearts of all.
Dr Ambedkar's opinion is also misread today. Ambedkar was of the view that Kashmir should not have separate powers and separate laws, she said. After the demonetisation, the Prime Minister introduced BHIM app for online money transfer, she noted.
The Director of the Centre for Research in Structural Engineering Smt Anandavalli and senior scientists were present at the event.
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Ministry of Culture
10th century stone idol of Goat Head Yogini illegally removed from a temple in Lokhari, Banda, Uttar Pradesh being returned to India :Shri G. Kishan Reddy
The repatriation of our rightful artefacts continues : Culture Minister
The Union Minister of Culture, Tourism and DONER, Shri G. Kishan has announced that a 10th century stone idol of Goat Head Yogini that had been illegally removed from a temple in Lokhari, Banda, Uttar Pradesh is being returned to India. Announcing this in a tweet today, the Culture Minister said that the repatriation of our rightful artifacts continues.
Earlier, the High Commission of India in London said that it is happy to announce the recovery and repatriation of a very special 10th century stone idol that had been illegally removed from a temple in Lokhari, Banda, Uttar Pradesh in sometimes the 1980s.
The sculpture is of a goat headed Yogini that originally belonged to a group of stone deities in sandstone and installed in Lokhari temple. These had been the subject of a study by Indian scholar Vidya Dahejia on behalf of National Museum in New Delhi in 1986 which was later published under the title, “Yogini Cult and Temples: A Tantrik Tradition.
It is learned that the said sculpture had briefly surfaced in the art market in London in 1988. In October 2021, High Commission of India received information about the finding of a goat-headed Yogini Sculpture that had matched the description of the Lokhari set, in the garden of a private residence near London.
India Pride project Singapore and Art Recovery International, London swiftly assisted High Commission of India, London in the identification and recovery of the Statue while the High Commission of India processed the requisite documentation with local and Indian authorities.
Interestingly, a similar sculpture of the buffalo-headed Vrishanana Yogini, apparently stolen from the same temple at Lokhari village had been recovered and repatriated by Embassy of India, Paris in 2013. Thee Vrishanana Yogini was installed in the National Museum, New Delhi in September 2013.
Lokhari is a small village situated in the Mau sub-division in Banda district of Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh. Yoginis are a group of powerful females divinities associated with the Tantrik mode of worship. They are worshipped as a group, often 64 and are believed to possess infinite powers.
The Goat head Yogini received at the High Commission on the auspicious day of Makar Sankranti has been dispatched to the Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi.
President's Secretariat
President’s Greetings on the eve of Birthday of Guru Ravidasji
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind has greeted fellow-citizens on the eve of birthday of Guru Ravidasji.
In a message, the President has said, “On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru Ravidasji, I extend my greetings and good wishes to all my fellow citizens.
Guru Ravidasji was a great saint whose teachings emphasised universal fraternity and equality. His teachings are all the more relevant in the modern world and inspire us to work for the poor and the underprivileged.
Let us draw strength from the life of Guru Ravidasji, and build a society that is inclusive, just and compassionate.”
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Women & Child Development Ministry in association with MyGov launches online campaign to celebrate Women in science
On the International Day of Women & Young Girls in Science, Ministry of Women & Child Development in association with Ministry of Education and MyGov, Ministry of Electronics and Information technology launched an online campaign to celebrate women who have carved a niche for themselves in the field of STEM and also encourage young girls who aspire to excel in STEM and contribute towards nation building. The campaign honours our young girls from across the country who have performed well in the subjects of Maths and Science & encourage these STEM STARS to make us proud in days to come. This initiative is as per the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “Seeding the powers of idea and innovation in schoolchildren will broaden the base of our innovation pyramid.”
The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is the 11th day of February, by resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on 22 December 2015. The day recognises the critical role women and girls play in science and technology. The day's purpose is to promote full and equal access to participation in science for women and girls.
The PM Narendra Modi has always been at the forefront of raising awareness on gender equality. He has gone on record in the past to support ‘women-led development’, above and beyond women empowerment.
Whenever given the right opportunity and platform, women have always showcased their vigour and grit in doing something big for the upliftment of the society and building an India of our dreams. They have always proved their mettle by excelling in their given fields. Be it Padma Shri Dr E. K. Janaki Ammal, Anandibai Joshi, Dr Susama Panigrahi or our numerous female scientists who have been successfully handling their scientific projects or missions. Women have always done our Nation proud.
To further nurture and encourage young girls in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, the government is persistently working towards increasing the percentage of women in these fields, with a focus on encouraging young girls to pursue STEM subjects right from school onwards to higher education. Thus, dismantling traditional, predictable systems of what girls and women were supposed to pursue.
As part of the campaign, citizens can congratulate a young STEM Star from their State / district through a personalized card & encourage them to pursue these subjects which are critical for the growth of any Nation. More than 700 such STEM Stars have been featured on MyGov todas.
Visit https://mygov.in/stem-star & applaud our future super stars by sharing the personalized card with #WomenInScience on Social Media.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 72.77 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 4.49 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs with more than 1.6 Crore doses in Pipeline
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccinemanufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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VACCINE DOSES
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SUPPLIED
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72,77,98,325
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PIPELINE
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1,60,75,000
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BALANCE AVAILABLE
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4,49,03,025
More than 72.77crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt of India  and through direct state procurement category.Further, more than 1.6 Crore doses  are in the pipeline.
More than 4.49Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Nearly 2 lakh Families & Households in West Bengal Participate in Amrit Kalash Yatra as Part of 2nd phase of 'Meri Mati Mera Desh' Programme
Kolkata, September 20, 2023
The Union Home Minister and Minister for cooperation Shri Amit Shah launched the 'Amrit Kalash Yatra' as part of the 'Meri Maati Mera Desh' campaign as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his 103rd edition of 'mann ki Baat' radio programme, in New Delhi on September 1, 2023, celebrating India's 75 years of independence. The 'Meri Maati Mera Desh' programme aims to emotionally connect every individual, family, and citizen with the idea of creating a great India. Starting from September 1, households, wards, and villages across India will collect soil or grains in 7500 pots, culminating in New Delhi between October 28-30. The mitti/grains are supposed to be collected from September 1 – 30, 2023 from households/wards/villages, October 1-13, 2023 from blocks, and October 22-27, at State Level. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will place soil from these Amrit Kalash pots in the Amrit Vatika, paying homage to India's brave heroes.
In West Bengal also, the 'Amrit Kalash Yatra' event was observed with gutso and honour. On September 14, 2023, the Union Education and Skill Development Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan while paying homage to Aurobindo Ghosh, Kolkata collected soil from Aurobindo Bhavan as a part of 'Meri Mati-Mera Desh' campaign.
The Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan , West Bengal & Andaman successfully organised the second phase of the 'Meri Mati Mara desh' programme in various districts of West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The Deputy Directors/District Youth Officers with the help of youth clubs, volunteers and various departments organised the 'Amrit Kalash Yatra' which passed through villages and towns of West Bengal and ANI playing Dhol and Nagada and collected 'mitti' or soil and rice from households. So far, nearly 2 lakh families and households participated in the Yatra covering nearly 11,000 villages. The programme is going to continue till September 30, 2023.
Besides, as the part of the 'Meri Maati, Mera Desh' programme, the NYKS, West Bengal and Andaman and Nicobar Islands successfully organised the State Level Elocution Competition to pay homage to the national leaders-Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri on September 18, 2023 through virtual mode at the office of the State Directors, NYKS, West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. In the event, 18 youths participated and gave a speech on 'Lal Bahadur Shastri-His Life Lessons and Legacies in Amritkaal'. The selection committee for this declared the result on September 20, 2023. Shri Pratik Gurung from Darjeeling stood first in the competition. He has thus acquired the opportunity to attend the programme at Parliament on October 2, 2023.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Union Minister Shri Piyush Goyal interacts with Non-official Directors  of CPSE under his Ministries; says NoDs are an important link between the government and the people
NoDs expected to bring alternate perspective, provide impartial view of shortcomings & suggest measures for improvement: Shri Piyush Goyal
Any issue of mis-governance should be taken to the management with urgency: Shri Goyal tells NoDs
The Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles Shri Piyush Goyal has stressed upon the critical role played by Non-official Directors  in improving the performance Central Public Sector Undertakings . Shri Goyal interacted with the NoDs of under his ministries viz. India Trade Promotion, ECGC Ltd. , State Trading Corporation of India Ltd, MMTC Ltd. , PEC Ltd. , State Trading Corporation of India Ltd Central Warehouse Corporation and Food Corporation of India. Secretary, Department of Commerce, Secretary, Food & Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs and Secretary, Department of Textile and Senior Officials of all three Departments attended the meeting.
Speaking during the interaction, Shri Piyush Goyal said that NoDs expertise and experience will help the government in ensuring welfare of the citizens of India. He said that NoDs have assumed critical importance given increased sectoral complexities. The minister added that NoDs are expected to bring alternate perspective, provide impartial view of shortcomings & suggest measures for improvement.
Shri Goyal said that the NoDs also serve as a role model for employees & also safeguard interest of all stakeholders. However, he highlighted that any mis-governance should be taken to management with utmost urgency and also, he asked to them to avoid influencing CPSE decisions while not getting involved in specific cases. He said that the wealth of experience and wealth of knowledge of NoDs stays true to the vision of Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi who believes that they are an important link between the government and the people.
Secretaries of Department of Commerce, Department of Food & Public Distribution and Ministry of Textiles also addressed the NoDs’ meet. In his address, Shri B. V. R. Subrahmanyam, Secretary Department of Commerce said that NoDs should keep themselves well informed about the Company and the environment in which it operates. Shri Sudhanshu Pandey, Secretary Department of Food and Public Distribution  gave an overview of the department. He said that the department runs one of the world’s biggest food distribution programme through NFSA and PMGKAY. Shri UP Singh, Secretary Textiles also gave an overview of the Ministry of Textiles. He reiterated that India is a top producer of Cotton and Jute.
Ministry of Defence
DDP institutionalizes Swachhta in its offices across the Country
Institutionalizing Swachhta in its offices across the country, the Department of Defence Production  has continued the cleanliness drive even after the conclusion of the Special Campaign 2.0 in October, 2022. The activities performed in the Campaign were continued in the secretariat and attached/ subordinate offices of the DDP from November 2022 to August 2023. During the period, the Department had organised cleanliness drives in 624 sites across the country and disposed of 1734 pending public grievances, 451 public prievance Appeals. 4581 physical files were reviewed and 3996 physical files were closed as these had completed retention period. A sum of Rs. 46,43,637 had been realised in revenue so far from the sale of scrap and 5517 square feet space had been released.
During the Special Campaign 2.0, the department had organised cleanliness drives in 585 sites across the country and had also disposed of 317 pending Public Grievances and 51 Public Grievance Appeals. In addition, 1983 physical files were reviewed and 576 physical files closed as these had completed retention period. A sum of Rs.13,06,61,431 had been realised in revenue from the sale of scrap and 1,98,048 square feet had been freed.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Poshan Abhiyan for Senior Citizens
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment aims to launch a Poshan Abhiyan for the Elderly, to provide nutrition support to the indigent elders, who are not staying in the Old Age Homes and are victims of severe malnutrition, by focusing on procuring locally available healthy food material and serving hot-cooked mid-day meals. The Gram Panchayats and Urban Municipalities are the implementing agencies of the Scheme. The funding for the Scheme is from the Senior Citizens Welfare Fund.
According to the ‘Report of Government of India’s Technical Group on Population Projection for India and States’ brought out in July, 2020, till the year 2036, population of senior citizens would be 22.74 crore  .
To ensure dignified ageing, Government of India has been implementing schemes and programmes under ‘National Action Plan for Senior Citizens’, an Umbrella Scheme for Senior Citizens, which inter aliaincludes financial security, healthcare and nutrition, shelter and welfare, protection of life and property, active and productive ageing and awareness generation.
This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Rattan Lal Katariain a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister’s visit to South Africa and Greece 
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will be visiting Johannesburg, South Africa from 22-24 August 2023 to attend the 15th BRICS Summit at the invitation of H.E. Mr. Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa.
This will be the first in-person BRICS Summit since 2019. The Summit will provide an opportunity to review progress of the initiatives launched by the grouping, and identify future areas of activity.
Prime Minister will also participate in a special event "BRICS – Africa Outreach and BRICS Plus Dialogue” being organized after the BRICS Summit, which will include other countries invited by South Africa.
During his visit, Prime Minister will hold bilateral meetings with some of the leaders present in Johannesburg.
Following his visit to South Africa, Prime Minister will pay an official visit to Greece on 25 August 2023 at the invitation of H.E. Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece. This will be the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Greece in 40 years.
India and Greece enjoy civilizational ties, which have strengthened in recent years through cooperation in areas like maritime transport, defence, trade and investments and people-to-people ties. Prime Minister will hold talks with Prime Minister Mitsotakis to discuss ways to further deepen the relationship. He will also interact with business leaders from both countries, as well as with the Indian community in Greece.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Cabinet approves MoU between the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance, Bahrain
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today has approved Memorandum of Understanding  between the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India  and Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance , Bahrain to work together to strengthen the accounting, financial and audit knowledge base within Bahrain.
Salient Features:
- ICAI will provide technical assistance to BIBF by reviewing the current curriculum of BIBF related to accounting and finance;
- ICAI will recommend introduction of its CA Course curriculum that will facilitate BIBF students to write ICAI's Examination with an aim to acquire membership of ICAI;
- ICAI will provide technical assistance in holding ICAI's professional examination for qualified BIBF students;
The MoU will provide an opportunity to the ICAI members to expand their professional horizon and simultaneously ICAI will become an entity to aid strengthen building of local national capabilities.
The aim is to work together to develop a mutually beneficial relationship in the best interest of members, students and their organizations.
Beneficiaries:
Since Bahrain does not have a local professional accountancy Institute and it is the ICAI which has the collaboration with BIBF, this in turn is likely to build positive impact for Indian Chartered Accountants currently working in Bahraini markets and those intending to move to this country relatively easier. Bahrain having the confidence in the credibility and the ability of ICAI, is desirous of ICAI's assistance in promoting and developing its own nationals in area of accounting and auditing performance thus addressing issue of creating a base of competent accounting professionals to pave the way for gradual skill development in accountancy.
Background:
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India  is a statutory body established by an Act of Parliament of India, ‘The Chartered Accountants Act, 1949', to regulate the profession of Chartered Accountancy in India. The Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance  was founded in 1981 to provide the training and development of human capital in the Kingdom of Bahrain.